Ohio voters have defeated four casino proposals since 1990. However, in three cases, voters in the county where the casinos would have been built have said yes.

• 2008 proposal for a resort casino in Clinton County. It failed with only 37 percent support statewide but passed in Clinton County with 57 percent.

• 2006 proposal for two casinos in Cuyahoga County, plus slot machines at seven horse tracks statewide. It failed with only 43 percent of the vote statewide but passed in Cuyahoga County with 55 percent

• 1996 proposal for riverboat casinos in Lorain, Cuyahoga, Hamilton and Mahoning counties. The proposal lost in all 88 counties and received just 38 percent of the vote statewide. However, it ran strongest in Mahoning County (49 percent) and was also close in Lorain (46 percent) and Cuyahoga (45 percent) counties.

• 1990 proposal for Lorain casino with possible expansion elsewhere in Ohio after a pilot period. It lost statewide with just 38 percent of the vote but passed in Lorain County with 63 percent.

Here are the votes for those counties in all four elections:

County

2008

2006

1996

1990

-

Overall

Clinton

57%

43%

34%

27%

-

42%

Cuyahoga

38%

55%

45%

53%

-

47%

Hamilton

45%

51%

38%

32%

-

41%

Lorain

36%

44%

46%

63%

-

46%

Mahoning

45%

52%

49%

46%

-

48%

And here are how the other counties voted:

County

2008

2006

1996

1990

-

Overall

Adams

46%

42%

35%

24%

-

37%

Allen

38%

43%

33%

30%

-

36%

Ashland

30%

37%

30%

33%

-

32%

Ashtabula

36%

47%

45%

47%

-

43%

Athens

34%

34%

40%

31%

-

35%

Auglaize

35%

38%

33%

26%

-

33%

Belmont

27%

45%

37%

32%

-

35%

Brown

53%

47%

39%

30%

-

44%

Butler

44%

45%

38%

30%

-

40%

Carroll

30%

38%

34%

32%

-

33%

Champaign

39%

40%

37%

28%

-

36%

Clark

44%

41%

39%

31%

-

39%

Clermont

46%

48%

39%

31%

-

43%

Columbiana

31%

58%

39%

39%

-

41%

Coshocton

35%

36%

32%

29%

-

33%

Crawford

35%

38%

33%

30%

-

34%

Darke

36%

37%

33%

26%

-

33%

Defiance

28%

37%

31%

29%

-

31%

Delaware

32%

34%

32%

30%

-

32%

Erie

36%

45%

34%

47%

-

39%

Fairfield

36%

37%

33%

29%

-

34%

Fayette

55%

48%

32%

27%

-

42%

Franklin

38%

38%

35%

31%

-

36%

Fulton

26%

36%

31%

30%

-

30%

Gallia

30%

36%

29%

28%

-

31%

Geauga

30%

44%

36%

46%

-

38%

Greene

39%

32%

36%

32%

-

35%

Guernsey

30%

36%

34%

29%

-

32%

Hancock

25%

31%

27%

24%

-

27%

Hardin

36%

38%

32%

26%

-

33%

Harrison

28%

41%

36%

31%

-

33%

Henry

28%

40%

30%

29%

-

32%

Highland

56%

41%

35%

25%

-

41%

Hocking

38%

40%

36%

28%

-

36%

Holmes

20%

27%

23%

24%

-

23%

Huron

34%

43%

36%

42%

-

38%

Jackson

35%

39%

32%

26%

-

33%

Jefferson

27%

43%

44%

39%

-

38%

Knox

31%

33%

29%

26%

-

30%

Lake

37%

52%

43%

53%

-

45%

Lawrence

35%

40%

35%

29%

-

35%

Licking

36%

37%

34%

31%

-

35%

Logan

38%

37%

35%

27%

-

35%

Lucas

32%

43%

41%

37%

-

38%

Madison

40%

40%

36%

29%

-

37%

Marion

36%

37%

34%

29%

-

34%

Medina

34%

45%

38%

45%

-

40%

Meigs

30%

35%

32%

26%

-

31%

Mercer

33%

37%

32%

26%

-

32%

Miami

38%

36%

35%

30%

-

35%

Monroe

27%

41%

31%

26%

-

31%

Montgomery

44%

40%

41%

37%

-

41%

Morgan

32%

35%

29%

27%

-

31%

Morrow

36%

39%

36%

30%

-

36%

Muskingum

33%

36%

31%

30%

-

33%

Noble

28%

33%

33%

25%

-

30%

Ottawa

33%

45%

36%

38%

-

38%

Paulding

27%

38%

33%

25%

-

31%

Perry

37%

39%

35%

31%

-

35%

Pickaway

43%

43%

32%

25%

-

37%

Pike

38%

39%

34%

28%

-

35%

Portage

35%

48%

41%

43%

-

41%

Preble

40%

39%

40%

31%

-

38%

Putnam

32%

39%

34%

28%

-

33%

Richland

32%

39%

36%

35%

-

35%

Ross

44%

41%

33%

30%

-

38%

Sandusky

30%

40%

34%

37%

-

35%

Scioto

64%

42%

37%

30%

-

36%

Seneca

34%

39%

34%

35%

-

35%

Shelby

36%

35%

34%

26%

-

33%

Stark

33%

39%

36%

38%

-

36%

Summit

34%

45%

36%

41%

-

38%

Trumbull

45%

52%

46%

45%

-

47%

Tuscarawas

27%

34%

35%

35%

-

32%

Union

34%

38%

33%

26%

-

33%

Van Wert

32%

40%

33%

25%

-

32%

Vinton

37%

38%

32%

28%

-

34%

Warren

44%

42%

35%

29%

-

40%

Washington

23%

31%

31%

27%

-

28%

Wayne

25%

31%

27%

30%

-

28%

Williams

26%

36%

27%

25%

-

28%

Wood

28%

38%

35%

33%

-

33%

Wyandot

29%

36%

29%

26%

-

30%

Total

37.6%

43%

38%

38%

-

39%

Note: some numbers were revised in May 2009 to reflect final, official vote totals from 2008.